Sugar dispensing container



20, 1931- M. J. WOLFERMAN SUGAR DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed Mardh 7, 1951INVENTOR a. ATTORNEYS 5 Z w M,

mm M Patented Oct. 20, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICEX mmo'n .T'. wotmam, or mew YORK, 11'. Y., assrenon TO conrmmn'ansrnvna comm, orBnooxmm, NEW Yonm'n coaroaarron or- NEW YORK,

SUGAR DISPENSING CONTAINER Apfilication ma ma 7, 193i.- Serial in.526,803.

My present invention relates particularly to dispensing containers ofthe-specific type known as sugar spills which are used in restaurants inplace of sugar for the sanitary service of granulated sugar forindividual use.

It is an object of the invention to provide adispensing container of theabove type of I simple and inexpensive construction, attrac- 1o tive inappearance, easy to handle and readily maintainedclean and readilyrefilled. Another object is to provide a device of the above type devoidofrubber or other fabric buffer parts yet not apt to be injured orbrokan even in rough use, andnot apt to scratch or abrade the table, I a

I Another object is to provide a dispensing container of the above type,which may be wholly devoid of measuring mechanism or other movable.parts, and which yet serves automatically to break up sugar that has"become lumpy through moisture. Another object is to provide-a containerof the above type which while a fording a relatively large opening notapt to become clogged, yet in use effects inherent retardationso thatthe rate of feed will normally be sufliciently slow to avoid vwaste'orover-su ar'mg.

Other 0 jects will bein part hereinafter pointed out. T v

- In the accompanying drawings in which-is shown one of various possibleembodiments of the several features of the invention,

tion ofa preferred form 0 I sugar spill,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional. view taken 5b able thickness as at 13and the lower face dispensin Fig. 1 is a view in lon 'tudinal cross-secthereof is preferably concave as at 14 afi'ording a ppo m- Integral withthe bottom of the jar is a protruding unitary bead 15 preferablysemicircular in cross-section, at which the vertices of the prismconstruction terminate. The

head is encircled by a pewter, white metal or other soft metal ring 16preferably spun as shown over the upper edge of the bead and table andthus protects a glass, marble composition or wooden table top frombecoming scratched or abraded by the hard glass.

vided with a single turn of thread 18 for the removable spill cover 19,said thread having therebelow aunitary peri heral stop head 20.

. The spillfcover is pre erably stamped or spun from a unitary sheet ofmetal and affords a cylindrical flange 21 into which is At the rim, thecontainer is preferably profrictionally held a threaded sleeve '22, for

coaction with thethreads'of the 'jar, said sleeve having aunitary,out-turned, reinforcing, protective head 23 encircling the mm of flange21 and which when the. cover is a lied to the container comes intocontact with the glass head 20. The. cover has a generally u standingconical end face 24: with an opening 25 preferably at its apex, ofdiameter preferab through which the sugar may be spilled.

y in the order of Y The metal immediately about the opening.

is preferabl turned inward in an ornamental crater-like ormation 26whichv affords an an- I nular groove 27 immediately about theopening,-the inner rim of which groove constitutes the free edge cutaway whenv the central openin '25 is stamped out. L

referably the rim of the opening 25 is left unfinished and in factpreferably roughened as shown at 28 for a purpose which will appear moreapparent in setting forth the operation below. It is noted herehoweverthat the free edge though rough and sharp is in such inaccessibleand protected position that the user cannot touch the same and injurytogthe fingers or hands is avoided.

The heavy bottom of the device enhances its stability and its strength.The protective ring 16 as previously set forth guards against mju to thesugar spill in handling the same an against abrasion of the table. Theprism efiect of the glass also afiords a design of ornamental appearanceand provides a convenient non-slipping handle Even when the container iscompletely filled,

the sugar must drop at. least through'the height of the conical coverwhen the spill is inverted for use. In such action, any large I lumps ofsugar are broken up by falling past I wise derangled the rough or sharpcutting ,edge 28 of. the spill opening. In general the sugar slidesalong the surface and is retarded in moving over the groove 27 and theshar edge so that uncontrolled feed is obviate It is easy accordingly tofill a teaspoon by spill frgomi the device, without loss.

The device consists only of the two sepa-.

rate parts, the glass container Y10 and the removable metal cover 19.-There are no ket or rubber parts subject to decay an no measuringmechanism or other movable parts subject to jamming or apt to becomeother- It will t us be seen that there is herein a'soft metal ring spiinover the rim of said of said cover being inturned in crater formationabout said spill opening to dispose the free edge of said opening ininaccessible position on said cover, the edge of the opening being leftunfinished. 1

6. A sugar spill comprising a cylindrical glass container having a thickside wall and a thick bottom, a unitary bead about the bottom, a softmetal ring spun about said bead,

a threaded construction at the mouth, a unitary bead immediately belowsaid threaded construction and a removable sheet metal cover adapted tobe threaded over said mouth and having a central spill opening.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 5th day of March A. D. 1931.

MILTON J. WOLFERMAN.

described a device in which the several features of this invention areembodied, and wh1ch device in its-action attains the various objects ofthe invention and is well suited to meet the requirements of practicaluse. As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently v widely difierent embodiments of this inven tion could -bemade without departin from the scope thereof, it is intended that amatter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative .and not in a limitingsense. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sugar splll comprising atransparent jar having a'spill cover, a unitary outstanding bead at thebottom of the jar and a soft Q metal protective ring-about the bead.

2. A sugar spill comprising a glass jar having a the]: bottom providedwith a unitary outstanding bead and a metal ring spun around saidbead'for protective purposes, said jar having a spill' cover.

3. A sugar spill comprising" a unitary heavy glass generally cylindricalcontainer having a thick bottom witha concave undersurface and a unitaryoutstanding beadand

